As the Times points out, it'll certainly mean a lot less sleep and more travel for the former NFL star, but he managed to appear in the short-lived FOX show
"Brothers" while maintaining his spot on "FOX NFL Sunday." So surely he can swing early weekday mornings on "Live!" in New York City and his Sunday gig in Los Angeles, right?

Ripa will reveal her new co-host on Sept. 4, and TMZ's sources at ABC say Strahan's got the job. Some of Ripa's other guest co-hosts who were rumored to be in the running for the position included
Seth Meyers and
Josh Groban.